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41 " My lord. It is too much, and not enough "
― Jacqueline Carey , Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)
42 " But slight mistakes accumulate, and grow to gross errors if unchecked. "
43 " Grief heals ... unshed tears fester like a canker in the soul. "
44 " They are fools, who reckon Elua a soft god, fit only for the worship of starry-eyed lovers. Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel. It is as inexorable as the tides, and life and death alike follow in it's wake. "
45 " in the arts of covertcy, it is death to second-guess oneself. "
46 " In love, howsoever it is manifest, we are greater than the sum of our parts. "
47 " Is the world so cruel, then, that that is all that is required to move a man to risk his life? Kindness? "
48 " Io sono Phèdre nó Delaunay de Montrève, e sono unica. "
49 " Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel. It is as inexorable as the tides, and life and death alike follow in its wake. "
50 " Those who are too rigid in their beliefs will break rather than bend with fortune's blows. "
51 " couples. Their duties done, they had eyes only for each other, locking glances and smiling deeply; two realms, two rulers, united in love and a shared dream. It "
52 " Love as thou wilt. They are fools, who reckon Elua a soft god, fit only for the worship of starry-eyed lovers. "
53 " Comme ils sont dans l'erreur ceux qui voient en Elua un dieu bien délicat, fait uniquement pour être adoré par les amants aux yeux tournés vers les étoiles. Mais que les guerriers clament donc leur foi dans des dieux de sang et de tonnerre ; l'amour est dur, plus dur que l'acier - et trois fois plus cruel. Il est inexorable comme la marée, et la vie et la mort marchent sur ses brisées. "
54 " where power intersects with pleasure, there is danger. Adepts "
55 " I have always thought that the notion of a Republic is a noble one, dating back to the glory days of Hellas, which all D’Angelines regard fondly as the last Golden Era before the coming of Elua. Now, seeing it in action, I was not so sure. "